Monday, 29 January 2018

NASA to attempt recovery of lost IMAGE satellite

IMAGE satellite prior to launch

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland has confirmed that the satellite discovered on January 20 by an amateur astronomer is very likely the lost Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) space weather satellite. The space agency says that it will attempt to capture data from the orbiter and restart its instruments.

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